According to Thomas Hobbes in ‘Leviathan’, the state of nature was:
AA state of perfect peace and goodwill
BGoverned by natural moral law and harmony
CA state of economic equality
DSolitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
Explanation
Hobbes described the state of nature as a perpetual war of all against all where life was ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’.
Exam Relevance
- Topic: Political Theory
- Subtopic: Social Contract Theory

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